Common Milkweed

(Asclepias syriaca)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect perennial herb, stout stem, milky sap throughout

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot with deep rhizome

Leaf anatomy: Opposite leaf arrangement, simple, margins entire, oblong, oval or ovate

Reproduction: Inflorescences in regular heads, 20-30 per head, purple to greenish white in color

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}